Am I the only one that thinks potato guns are a blast? A friend has one made of PVC... load a potato down its throat, spray White-Rain hairspray in the back expasion chamber... close it up, and twist the Coleman lighter/igniter... and whammo you have a potato that travels over 300 feet!
-- Aaron

 

I made one when I was a kid, It was more fun than I could have imagined, but the destruction I caused was not pretty. Who knew a potato could pummel a car like that?

 

I admit... I too have played demolition man with a potato gun. Great fun!

 

You don't only have to use potatoes. Try sealing it with wet newspaper. Then you can shoot anything out of it that will fit.

P.S. - Never ever try a raw egg. Makes something of a mess you might say.

 

i used ether to fuel mine...until one time the tube developed a leak and i burned all my armhair off

 

how do you make one?

 

LOL! Sorry to laugh at your misfortune, but that was funny as hell!

 

Using fuel based launchers can be illegal, however if you used compressed air it will be legal in most cases.

 

I confiscated my son's a few years ago, and took it to the fire station. We had a blast, after we ran out of potatoes, we started shooting the other shifts left overs.

My son said that we were a bad influence, and made me give it back.
He had a BBQ igniter in his. It worked better than lantern lighters.

dave

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by amartin
[B]Am I the only one that thinks potato guns are a blast?